St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-12-09
A New Development in the
Career Of Bank Wrecker
Harper.
He Was at Least on Friendly
Terms With a Female
Employee.
An Assault on a Tennessee
Girl Avenged by a Triple
Lynching.
A Sensation at Peoria, ILL.,
The General Record Of
Crime.

CINCINNATI, Dec. S.-The Enquirer
this morning prints the fac smile
cipher letters which it says were fur
nished by Charles Hopkins, son of Ben
E. Hopkins. They purpOrt to be letters
sent by Harper to Miss Josie Holmes,
his former exchange clerk. The letters
were in cipher which was easily read.
Harper alse sent three checks to Miss
Holmes, which Hopkins suppressed
and turned over to District Attorney
Burnett. They aggregated 100000, and
it is presumed they were intended to be
placed so as to cover up some eff the
crooked transactions of his bank. One
for S300,000 was dated Feb. IS, the
others for 100000 each were dated June
81. The letters of Harper to Miss
Holmes are as ardent as those of any
lover could be. In the first one he i'll
Structed her about what she should say
in her testimony. She asked him to
send her lawyer to advise her how to
testify. He reminded her of his talk
during their last talk together; that he
said the worst thing would be their
separation and that she said that would
never be, and pressing a kiss Oh his lips
said she would go tOprisOn with him. or
if that could not be. would visit him
daily. He begged her to get well and
come to him. before she got into the
safe deposit box, otherwise
ALL WOULD BE SPOILED.
He also urged her to fake no more of
the drug, and decline to be interviewed.
In one of her notes Miss Holmes said to
Harper:
Your wife has 100000, l have moth
ing now to do but to die, with your
family disgracing me as they have done
in the last two days
Mr.. Harper was asked this morning
what he had to say about the publica-
ton of his letters to Miss Holmes.
Harper, with clenched teeth. said:
You can say that Charley Hopkins did
not publish the other letters that would
have benefited me as much as it would
his father, and that he did not publish
anything about the SO gave him for
her. Now will you excuse me?' and he
finished his toilet and went up stairs.
There is no doubt of the authenticity of
the letters. and they place in the true
light the relations between the eX-
banker and his fair clerk.
The publication OF ali attempt to
bride District Attorney Burnett was
headed: The defense make an unsuc-
cessful attempt to bride Mr.. Burnett
w IleIl court cOllNtHttt, lJlSlIlCl AllUlICy
Burnett made a personal statement,
saying that he especially desired it to be
understood that there was no ground
whatever for involving the counsel now
representing the defense in any such
statement or inSinuation. Judge Jack
son thought it due to counsel for the de-
Tense to say that so far as the court
could Judge, their conduct had been all
that honorable gentlemen could de-
mand. Judge Sage also said that he
wished to correct Il statement iii the
publication which ascribed ID him pre-
viOuS knowledge of the attempted brib-
cry. He said he had no information on
the subject whatever. The prosecution
made no reference at all to the pubiica-
ton of the cipher letters between
Harper and Miss Holmes. Mr.. Hayes
finished his testimony and with it the
government rested the case. The de-
Tense called Mr.. Eckert for the purpose
of finishing its crOSS-eXaminalion.
After finishing the crOSS-eXamlnatlQn
of Mr.. Eckert, the defense crOsS-eXam-
med Mr. Hayes very briefly. Then
Judge Wilson asked the court to give
him little time to prepare for opening
the case for the defense, and court adj
jOurned until tomorrow at 10 a. Ill. 1t
is expected that Harper will be placed
on the stand, and that no other witness
will be called.